Posted by JD on May 5, 1999, at 5:59:32
In reply to Crying all the time, posted by Mary Beth on May 4, 1999, at 14:24:16
Sounds like a pretty quick schedule for coming off a med reputed to have some difficult withdrawal effects... Have you considered going back on at say 50 or 25mg and tapering over a period of weeks? Might be a bit easier both physically and psychologically, and you'd still be off it for good within a month or so...
Good luck,
- JD
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> I stopped the Effexor upon agreement with my Dr. that things are going very well and I might as well try it on my own. I went to the 75 mg. dose for 1 week, now I've been off entirely for 4 days.
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> I am having physical symptoms...the shocks when I move my head (not painful but almost dizzying). Also feel exhausted and stupid. I'm willing to wait those out...
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> What has me worried is the crying, or being ready to cry at any time. When I read something sad in the paper. When I read something happy in the paper. When I see something poignant on TV. I'm not talking about Touched by an Angel here...but just everyday "feel good" stories about the guy who turned in a lost wallet that he found.
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> Has anyone else had this emotional wackiness, and does it last?
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> Thanks! Mary Beth
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